Predators
Directed by
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Nimród Antal
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Produced by
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Robert Rodriguez
John Davis
Elizabeth Avellan
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Written by
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Alex Litvak
Michael Finch
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Based on
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characters created by
Jim Thomas
John Thomas
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Starring
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Adrien Brody
Topher Grace
Alice Braga
Walton Goggins
Laurence Fishburne
Danny Trejo
Oleg Taktarov
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali
Louis Ozawa Changchien
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Music by
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John Debney
Alan Silvestri (theme)
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Cinematography
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Gyula Pados
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Editing by
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Dan Zimmerman
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Studio
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Troublemaker Studios
Davis Entertainment
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Distributed by
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20th Century Fox
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Release date(s)
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July 7, 2010 (international)
July 9, 2010 (United
States)
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Running time
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107 minutes
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Country
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United
States
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Language
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English
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Budget
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$40 million
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Box office
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$127,234,389
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Predators is a 2010 American science
fiction action film directed by Nimród Antal and starring Adrien Brody, Topher
Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Trejo,
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Oleg Taktarov and Louis Ozawa Changchien. It was
distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the fifth film in the Predator
franchise, following Predator
(1987), Predator 2 (1990), and the crossover films Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007).
The film follows
Royce (Adrien Brody), a mercenary, who wakes up finding himself falling from
the sky into a jungle. Once on the ground, he meets other people who have
arrived there in the same manner, all of whom have questionable backgrounds,
except for a doctor (Topher Grace). As the film progresses, the group discovers
that they are on an alien planet that acts as a game preserve where they are
being hunted by a merciless race of aliens known as Predators.
Producer Robert
Rodriguez had developed a script as early as 1994, although it was not until
2009 that 20th Century Fox greenlit the project. According to Rodriguez, the
title Predators is an allusion to the second film in the Alien franchise,
Aliens (1986). The title also has a double meaning, referring both to the
extraterrestrial Predator creatures and to the group of human characters who are
pitted against them. Principal photography for Predators began on September 28,
2009 and concluded after 53 days; filming took place in Hawaii and then in
Austin, Texas.
Predators was
released in the United States on July 9, 2010, and was met with mixed reception
from film critics. The film grossed over $24 million on its opening weekend,
and has since grossed over $52 million in the United States, with an estimated
total of $127 million worldwide.
Casting
>> Adrien Brody as Royce, an American
ex-military soldier turned mercenary who reluctantly assumes leadership of the
group of humans stranded on the alien planet.Brody claimed he had been
"blown away" by Predator
and viewed his role as a challenge, wanting to bring a complexity to the
character that would contrast with Schwarzenegger's muscle-bound role in the
original film.He did put on twenty-five pounds of muscle for the role, stating
that "I want it to be entertaining and part of the ride that people see
when they see a movie like that. But that's not really why I'm in it and that's
not really what I brought to it.
>> Alice Braga as Isabelle, a sniper from the Israel
Defense Force and a CIA black operations assassin. She failed to save her
spotter during a mission, and feels that she has been brought to the alien
planet as punishment and to seek redemption. As the only female character,
Isabelle plays the role of peacemaker: "My character, funny enough,"
said Braga, "is the one that is always trying to grab everyone together
and like reuniting everyone and stop[ping] the fights and saying that we have
strength in numbers.
>> Topher Grace as Edwin, a doctor who does
not seem to belong amongst the group of hardened killers until he reveals that
he is a psychopathic murderer.Grace was dubious about taking the role when he
read the script, "because I really liked the first Predator, but all the sequels haven't been as good. Then when I
read this, I thought, 'What Aliens
was to Alien, this is to Predator'. Because Predator never really got its due; it
never really got that sequel." He compared Antal's approach to that of
James Cameron, director of Aliens;
remaining faithful to the original work but taking the concepts in slightly
different directions. Grace performed some of his own stunts, including jumping
off of a waterfall.
>> Walton Goggins as Stans, a death row inmate
from San Quentin State Prison who was scheduled to be executed in two days
before suddenly finding himself on the alien planet.
>> Oleg Taktarov as Nikolai, a Russian
commando from the Spetsnaz Alpha Group who was fighting in South Ossetia before
finding himself on the alien planet. Taktarov, a retired mixed martial artist
and former Ultimate Fighting Champion, described his role as combining elements
of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura, and Bill Duke's characters from the
original Predator film, and praised it as "the first time you get a
really, really, positive, good Russian character in an American
[film]".Taktarov used his martial arts training during some of the film's
action sequences. While filming a scene he hit his face on a steadicam and was
bleeding, but continued filming because the blood added to the effect of the
scene.
>> Louis Ozawa
Changchien as
Hanzo, a Yakuza enforcer who rarely speaks and reveals late in the film that he
is missing his leftmost two fingers, having performed yubitsume. "I guess
he used to be a guy who can murder someone without a qualm," said
Changchien of the character, "but by the time he arrives [on the alien
planet], he'll no longer be that kind of person. Those things aren't explained
in the script, but you'll get it when you see the movie." Changchien used
his kendo training for a scene in which his character uses a katana in a duel
against a Predator. Antal, a kendo fan, insisted that the swordfight look
authentic.
>> Mahershalalhashbaz
Ali as Mombasa, a Sierra Leone Revolutionary
United Front death squad soldier.
>> Danny Trejo as Cuchillo, a ruthless
enforcer for the Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel who carries twin submachine
guns.
>> Laurence
Fishburne as
Noland, a United States Army Air Cavalry soldier who has survived on the alien
planet for multiple hunting cycles. "It's a really interesting role,"
said Fishburne, "quite different from Morpheus . He's a bit shady, crazy,
surviving on his own, kind of a ratty character.
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